The road to a driver’s licence starts this fall for Manitoba students look­ing to get behind the wheel – registration for the winter term of MPI’s popular high school driv­er education program, Driver Z, begins later this month.

With course start dates in December, January and February, winter course offerings will be available to view in MPI’s Driver Z Course Finder on Friday, October 9, giving par­ents, guardians and stu­dents time to review the options available in their area.

Students interested in registering for a winter course must sign up as a new MPI customer and purchase the Driver Education service at an MPI Service Centre or Autopac broker by end of day on Saturday, October 10 to be eligible to receive an invitation for a registration window.

“Driver Z gives young Manitobans the knowl­edge, skills and experi­ence they need as they begin learning to drive,” said Dana Frazer, Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at MPI. “This winter, we’re offering approximately 3,000 seats across the province to help prepare the newest drivers on our roads to navigate them safely – especially during the challenging condi­tions that the season brings.”

Registration will take place in three multi-day windows beginning October 14, followed by general registration on November 4. Eligible customers will receive an email advising them of their assigned registra­tion window and they can choose a date and time that works for them to register for a course at a broker, an MPI Service Centre or by calling MPI’s Contact Centre.

More information about Driver Z, including eligibility requirements, current course availabili­ty and the registration process, is available on MPI’s website.

Park West School Division are working with professional environmental consultants
and remediation experts to address air quality concerns at Birtle Elementary.
Air quality testing is complete, and remediation efforts are currently underway.
To ensure learning continues safely, all Birtle Elementary students and staff are
relocating to Birtle Collegiate Institute (BCI) on an interim basis. Based on current
assessments from the remediation team, this temporary relocation for K–4 students
is anticipated to last a minimum of 4 to 6 weeks.
We remain committed to keeping our families informed as progress continues,
and we sincerely thank them for their patience and understanding during this transition.
We also extend our sincere appreciation to the Birtle Elementary staff for
their flexibility and hard work in preparing to move on short notice, to the BCI staff
for warmly welcoming these young students and staff into their school, and to our
divisional maintenance team for their dedicated assistance throughout the process.

By Derek Holtom

The only thing better than a win in sports is a dramatic come from behind victory. And that’s what the Waywayseecappo Wolverines accomplished Friday night in Swan River, stunning the crowd with late outburst to steal two points from their expansion cousins.

Wayway’s victory was so complete that I even heard the 50-50 pot went back south with a Wolverines fan.

Wayway Head Coach and General Manager Landyn Cochrane said though his team trailed for much of the night, there was always a belief that they could come back.

“We kept on pressing all of the second and third period, and I knew once we finally got one we would be rolling.”

Last week

Wolverines 5, Stampeders 3 (EN)

Nothing was working for the Wolverines through 50 minutes in Swan River Friday night, as they fell behind 3-0 to the host Stampeders. But the visitors kept clawing, and ended up pulling off a stunning comeback, winning 5-3 (EN).

They fell behind 3-0 midway through the third period, but they didn’t give up. Blake Farthing (second) got the come­back going with 6:58 left in regulation. By the time the period was over the Wolverines had scored four more times to earn their fourth win of the year.

Max Collyer (third), Carter Haney (fourth), and Ian Buors (third, fourth) had the rest of the Wayway goals. Bours scored the game-winner and the insurance goal into the empty net.

“Ian is a player that has a knack for the back of the net,” says Cochrane. “He was all around the puck all game and it was great to see him get rewarded.”

Urijah Moosetail earned the win in goal, stopping 35 shots, out-dueling Easton Falls from the Stamps for the win.

“We had a ton of chances but Easton was playing very solid,” added Cochrane. “Once we got the first past him, it gave us all the belief we needed, and kept pep­pering pucks on net.”

Wolverines 4, Kings 1

On National Truth and Reconciliation Day, the hometown Waywayseecappo Wolverines honoured their fans with a solid 4-1 victory.

After spotting the Kings an early 1-0 lead the Wolverines scored four straight in the first period in the span of 6:39.

Three Wolverines net­ted their first goals of the year in the win – Blake Farthing, Isaac Catcheway and defense­man of the month Cale Livingston (see MJHL column for more details on that). Liam Flett scored his second to round out the scoring.

Mariko Bercier earned the win with a 21-save effort.

Up next

Wayway has a very busy stretch where they play four games in eight nights, starting tonight (Tuesday) in Swan River against the Swan Valley Stampeders. This will be the second straight meet­ing between the two teams.

The Wolverines then return home for back-to-back games against the visiting Winnipeg Monarchs. The two teams will clash Friday and Saturday night, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m.

Wayway also plays next Tuesday night in Neepawa as they take on divisional rivals, the Neepawa Titans.

CLAW MARKS – With their win Friday the Wolverines temporarily moved into first place in the West Division … Carter Haney leads the Wolverines with nine points. Treycen Wuttunee is second with seven points, while three play­ers are tied for third with five - Ian Buors, Max Collyer and Cale Livingston.

Former members of the Foxwarren Ladies Fastball team returned to the diamond on Saturday, July 11, to celebrate decades of friendship, competition and community, at a reunion that brought together players, families and supporters from across the years. Despite temperatures reaching 36 (feeling closer to 46), former players, ranging in age from 40 to 70+, enthusiastically returned to the field to square off against the local Fox Vegas Slowpitch team. There was plenty of laughter and good-natured competition as family members helped round out the teams. There were even a few of the regular fans from years back cheering everyone on, and at one point, the familiar “Rowdie” cheer echoed across the old ball diamond. Given that the opposition was an official slowpitch team, the ladies agreed to play by their rules making the innings verrryyy long and verrryyy hot, but in the end the ‘Has Beens’ officially beat Fox Vegas at their own game; (at least that is how it was reported to the Editor).

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BY JENNIFER LAVIOLETTE FOR THE ROBLIN REVIEW
The nominations are in for the Municipality of Roblin Municipal Election, scheduled for October 28, 2026. After concerns that people may not show enough interest to run for election, the number of candidates who have come forward after the closing of nominations shows that there will be an election for both head of council and councillors.
For head of council, there are two candidates running to lead the municipality, Graeme Conway and Robert Misko.
For the six councillor spots on council, there are a total of 18 candidates seeking election: Paulina Alyward, David Baranowski, Matthew Bauer, Douglas Borkofsky, Richard Dereniwski, Tracy Dube, Michael D. Friesen, Lynn Greenberg, Walter Hammond, Dienel Laliberte, Bob Matsyk, Elsie Morash, Stan Steciuk, Neil Vogel, Leroy Wandler, Verlin Wiebe, Greg Woodman and Courtney Znak.
The Roblin and District Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Municipal Candidates Forum on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7 p.m., at the Roblin Community Centre. Any questions voters may have for the candidates can be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or dropped off at the Roblin Chamber of Commerce Office before October 9, 2026, at 1 p.m.

BY JENNIFER LAVIOLETTE FOR THE ROBLIN REVIEW
With the healthcare situation in the state it’s currently in, it is more apparent than ever that we need more people for these positions if we are going to turn things around. Working in healthcare can be an extremely rewarding career, especially if you are the type of person who likes to take care of or help others.
Former Roblinite Paul Nairn has had an extensive career in helping people, both in the field of paramedicine and in funeral services. Nairn is currently a District Chief of Paramedic Operations with the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service, but found his professional calling back when he lived in Roblin, and that career has continued from there.
“I’ve had two careers simultaneously between EMS and funeral service,” said Nairn. “The history of that is that at one time, funeral homes did provide ambulance service. My dad worked in a system like that with Jameson’s Funeral and Ambulance Service in Glenboro. He would tell me stories about how they would be doing a funeral and one of them would have to leave to attend to an accident, so one of them would have to go take the ambulance and respond to it.

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